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As it happened: World reacts to death of Queen Elizabeth II; Anthony Albanese, Peter Dutton pay tribute

Broede Carmody, Lachlan Abbott and Nigel Gladstone
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By Nigel Gladstone

Good evening, here’s a summary of the major news we covered today:

Thanks for following our live coverage and I hope you have a nice weekend. We will be back on Monday from 7am.

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CBA, NAB, ANZ and Bendigo pass on Reserve Bank rate rise in full

By Clancy Yeates and Simone Fox Koob

The Commonwealth Bank, National Australia Bank, ANZ Bank and Bendigo and Adelaide Bank are passing on this week’s official interest rate rise to mortgage customers in full, the lenders said on Friday.

After several days of silence from the big four about their interest rates following Tuesday’s 0.5 percentage point increase from the Reserve Bank, NAB was the first to move on Friday, saying home loan interest rates would increase by 0.5 percentage points.

ANZ, CBA and Bendigo followed soon after, also announcing a 0.5 percentage point move. All four banks said the increases would take effect from Friday next week.

The big four banks are all expected to pass on the rate rise to variable mortgage holders.Paul Rovere

Amid predictions that banks’ profit margins are getting a major boost from the limited pass-through of rising interest rates to savings accounts, ANZ, NAB and Bendigo did not announce any changes to deposit interest rates.

The Wrap: Mining stocks lift ASX to finish the week on a high

By Angus Thomson

Welcome to your five-minute recap of the trading day and how the experts saw it.

The numbers: The Australian sharemarket finished higher on Friday to snap a two-week losing streak as the mining sector posted its biggest rally since late April.

The ASX 200 closed 0.7 per cent, or 45.5 points higher at 6894.2, with materials stocks gaining more than 3 per cent. The market was lifted largely by a strong performance from heavyweight BHP, which gained 3.17 per cent.

The positive finish took the market’s weekly gains to 0.96 per cent, its best week since mid-August.

Technology stocks rose for the fourth straight day while consumers slumped 1.24 per cent on a mixed day across the categories.

96-gun salute for the Queen in Canberra

By Rachel Clun

Hundreds of people have gathered on the grass slopes and paved forecourt of Parliament House to watch the 96-gun salute for the Queen.

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One cannon blast every ten seconds means the salute will last for about 16 minutes, and politicians including speaker of the house Milton Dick and NDIS Minister Bill Shorten are among those gathered to watch the cannons being shot.

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Melbourne landmarks will glow Royal purple tonight

By Rachael Dexter

Fifteen landmarks across Melbourne will light up in Royal purple when the sun sets at 6.05pm tonight to pay respects to the late Queen.

The following buildings will be awash in purple each night until the Queen’s funeral: Federation Square, the Melbourne Town Hall, the Royal Exhibition Building, the National Gallery of Victoria, Flinders Street Station, the Bolte Bridge, the Tulla sound tube, the Melbourne Recital Centre, Rod Laver Arena, AAMI Park, John Cain Arena, the Arts Centre, the Melbourne Cricket Ground, the Shrine of Remembrance and ACMI.

Melbourne Town Hall will be lit up in tonight in Royal purpleKelly Defina/Getty Images

“When the sun sets this evening, until the evening of Her Majesty’s funeral, landmarks across Melbourne will be lit up in the regal colour purple as a token of our deep respect and gratitude for Queen Elizabeth II, her service, dignity, and grace,” Premier Daniel Andrews tweeted a short time ago.

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NAB and ANZ pass on Reserve Bank rate rise in full

By Clancy Yeates and Simone Fox Koob

National Australia Bank and ANZ Bank are passing on this week’s official interest rate rise to mortgage customers in full, the two banks said on Friday, but savings rates were still under review.

After several days of silence from the big four about their interest rates following Tuesday’s 0.5 percentage point increase from the Reserve Bank, NAB was the first to move on Friday, saying home loan interest rates would increase by 0.5 percentage points.

ANZ followed soon after, also announcing a 0.5 percentage point move. Both banks said the increases would take effect from Friday next week.

The big four banks are all expected to pass on the rate rise to variable mortgage holders.Paul Rovere

Amid predictions that banks’ profit margins are getting a major boost from the limited pass-through of rising interest rates to savings accounts, neither ANZ nor NAB announced any changes to deposit interest rates.

Julia Gillard: Queen was a ‘remarkable role model’

By Michelle Griffin

Former prime minister Julia Gillard has just disembarked from a long-haul flight to London and released a statement praising the Queen as a “remarkable role model”.

“I am terribly sad to learn of the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II,” Gillard wrote.

“My thoughts are foremost with the Queen’s family and friends at this time. She was dearly loved and the Royal Family will be grieving her deeply.”

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Gillard went on to say that the Queen “has been a powerful presence for as long as many of us remember”.

“She was a remarkable role model: responsibility for service thrust on her as a young woman, and taken up with grace, devotion and dignity during her reign.”

The former PM remembered her own meetings with the Queen fondly, particularly at the Commonwealth heads of Government Meeting in Perth in 2011.

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Judge indicts 19 in yoga sect that used sex to lure powerful men

By Daniel Politi

Buenos Aires: A judge in Argentina indicted 19 people for their alleged involvement in a yoga school in Buenos Aires that operated like a sect and coerced female members to have sex with rich and powerful men in order to obtain money and other benefits.

Judge Ariel Lijo formally charged 19 people on crimes including criminal conspiracy, human trafficking with the purpose of sexual exploitation, money laundering and smuggling.

Police escort Juan Percowicz to serve pre-trial detention at his home, in Buenos Aires, Argentina in August.AP

The Buenos Aires Yoga School, which operated for more than 30 years in Argentina’s capital under the leadership of 84-year-old Juan Percowicz, did not actually offer yoga classes. Instead, it lured in people with promises of eternal happiness before it exploited them sexually and financially, prosecutors say.

Condolences, flowers, flowing to Parliament House for the Queen

By Rachel Clun

Politicians and members of the public have been queuing at Parliament House in Canberra to write condolence messages following the death of Queen Elizabeth II.

A large bunch of fragrant yellow wattle, cards from children and a bottle of zero-alcohol beer were among the tributes left outside the building as people gathered ahead of the 96-gun salute that will begin at 5pm.

Members of parliament, including Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus and Liberal senator Linda Reynolds, were among those writing condolences in the marble foyer at Parliament House on Friday afternoon.

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Outside the building, people queued to add their thoughts to the condolence book as well.

Why TikTok is in the crosshairs again

By Eryk Bagshaw

The statistics tell the story: one billion users now spend, on average, 52 minutes a day scrolling through addictive content hosted by a company more valuable than Coca-Cola.

TikTok, the $200 billion app that began in 2017 by fusing videos with lip-syncing teens, is now the world’s most valuable start-up and fast becoming its most scrutinised digital empire.

TikTok now has a billion usersAP

On Thursday, Mathias Dopfner, the chief executive of global publishing giant Axel Springer, called for the Chinese-owned app to be banned by all democratic governments.

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